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Published on 1/7/2020 in the Prospect News Distressed Debt Daily and Prospect News Liability Management Daily.

Scalene launches tender offer for three series of Lehman preferreds

By Marisa Wong

Los Angeles, Jan. 7 – Scalene Funding, LLC launched on Jan. 2 an offer to purchase for cash some preferred securities guaranteed by Lehman Brothers Holdings plc, according to a notice.

Scalene is offering to purchase the following:

• Up to €25 million of the €225 million fixed-rate to CMS-linked guaranteed non-voting non-cumulative perpetual preferred securities issued by Lehman Brothers UK Capital Funding I LP, of which €173,825,000 is outstanding;

• Up to €25 million of the €250 million euro fixed-rate guaranteed non-voting non-cumulative perpetual preferred securities issued by Lehman Brothers UK Capital Funding II LP, all €250 million of which is outstanding; and

• Up to €25 million of the €500 million fixed/floating enhanced capital advantaged preferred securities issued by Lehman Brothers UK Capital Funding III LP, of which €373.7 million is outstanding.

The purchase price is 27.5% of the liquidation preference for the Capital Funding I securities, 27.5% of the liquidation preference for the Capital Funding II securities and 29.5% of the liquidation preference for the Capital Funding III securities.

The offer expires at 11 a.m. ET on Jan. 30. Tenders may be withdrawn at any time before the deadline.

If the amount of tenders received exceeds the offer cap, the securities will be accepted on a pro rata basis.

Settlement is expected to occur on Feb. 3.

D.F. King Ltd. (+44 20 7920 9700, +852 3953 7230, lehman@dfkingltd.com, https://sites.dfkingltd.com/lehman) is the tender and information agent.

Scalene is a special purpose vehicle managed by Farallon Capital Management, LLC.

The issuers and guarantor of the preferred securities are affiliates of New York-based Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.


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